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Greeley police say there’s no way to tell why a 63-year-old resident went to the front steps of the department’s headquarters Tuesday morning to take his own life, but they say he didn’t threaten anyone else before fatally shooting himself.

The man, a Greeley resident, went to the police station at 2875 10th St. before 8 a.m. Tuesday with a sawed-off shotgun wrapped in a towel and several rounds in his pocket, said Greeley police Chief Jerry Garner.

Police previously said the man did not have additional ammunition or weapons.

There were several people inside the building at the time, but the man did not threaten anyone, Garner said.

Garner said there’s no way to tell what the man’s intentions were, but the incident was certainly alarming for the department.

“I’m very, very thankful that nothing worse happened,” Garner said.

The man left multiple suicide notes and in them he did not indicate intent to harm anyone but himself, Garner said.

The Weld County Coroner’s Office and police have released the man’s identity, but in accordance with our policy, The Tribune will not publish his name.